mirenoun
uk/maɪər/us/maɪr/mire noun (WET EARTH)
[ C usually singular ] an area of deep, wet, sticky earth
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Geography: wetland
- bog
- boggy
- fen
- floodplain
- marsh
- marshland
- marshy
- morass
- peat bog
- quagmire
- quicksand
- slough
- swamp
- swamp gas
- swampland
- swampy
- water meadow
- waterlogged
- wetland
mire noun (BAD SITUATION)
[ S ] literary an unpleasant situation that is difficult to escape:
We must not be drawn into the mire of civil war.
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Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences
- a (heavy) cross to bear idiom
- a cloud on the horizon idiom
- a fate worse than death idiom
- a hard/tough row to hoe idiom
- a narrow squeak idiom
- barrel
- bind
- crunch
- curse
- eventuality
- fate
- feeding frenzy
- going
- have a bumpy ride idiom
- schtuck
- shtook
- stalemate
- standoff
- sticky wicket
- vortex
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miry
adjective uk/ˈmaɪə.ri/us/ˈmaɪ.ri/